Membranous and diphtheritic croup; much rattling of mucus during cough, but no choking (as in Hepar. ); sounds loose, but no expectoration ( Antim tart. ).

Croupy symptoms with hoarseness during whooping cough; gasping for breath.

Dyspnoea: cannot inspire deep enough; as if breathing through a sponge or the air passages were full of smoke or vapor of sulphur; rattling, sawing; voice inaudible; danger of suffocation from mucous in larynx (in bronchi, Antim tart. ).

Hypertrophy of heart from gymnastics in growing boys (from calisthenics in young girls, Causticum ).